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Historical Markers and War Memorials in West Hartford
West Hartford, Connecticut and Vicinity
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| On Farmington Avenue at North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Farmington Avenue. |
| | Connecticut Veterans Memorial West Hartford
The Connecticut Veterans Memorial was commisioned by the Town Council of West Hartford in June 2001. This memorial honors West Hartford men and women who gave their lives during war.
The black granite . . . — — Map (db m53159) HM |
| On North Main Street at Brace Road, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | First Public Library
Building in West Hartford
Erected as a Memorial to
Noah Webster
Presented to the Town by
Sarah Whitman Hooker Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Aided by Funds Collected from Townspeople
February 27, . . . — — Map (db m53371) HM |
| On South Main Street at Farmington Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street. |
| | Goodman Green
In 1747 this oblong of land was given by Timothy Goodman to the West Hartford Parish of the Congregational Church for use as a parade ground of the local militia company. Still owned by the parish, it is maintained by the town. For . . . — — Map (db m53156) HM |
| On North Main Street at Loomis Drive, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | In Memory of French Soldiers
Who died in West Hartford
During the Revolutionary War
Erected by the D.A.R. 1923 — — Map (db m97555) WM |
| On North Main Street at Linnard Road, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | Laurent Clerc
The Apostle
To The Deaf Mutes Of The
New World
(north face)
Laurent Clerc A.M.
Born in La Balme, France
December 26, 1785
Landed at New York
August 9, 1816
Died at Hartford
July 18, 1869
(south face)
Erected By . . . — — Map (db m97551) HM |
| On Farmington Avenue at North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Farmington Avenue. |
| | Meeting House Corner
This park is the site of the first three meeting houses of the First Church of Christ, Congregational, organized in 1713. The parish of the west Division (West Hartford), the fourth in Hartford, was established in 1711. The . . . — — Map (db m53158) HM |
| |
Noah Webster Birthplace
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the
Historic sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating and illustrating . . . — — Map (db m60003) HM |
| On North Main Street at Loomis Drive, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | Old Center Cemetery
The land for this cemetery, the oldest official burying ground in West Hartford was acquired in 1719 by the Town of Hartford for the benefit of its West Division Parish (West Hartford). It remained the principal place of burial . . . — — Map (db m97554) HM |
| On North Main Street at Keeney Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | Old North Cemetery
This graveyard was established in 1790, when Thomas Merrell of the West Division Parish (West Hartford) sold three quarters of an acre to the Town of Hartford. From time to time there were additions, the last in 1852. West . . . — — Map (db m97552) HM |
| On Farmington Avenue at North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Farmington Avenue. |
| | SS Maiden Creek
1943
Our ship's bell, recovered from
the SS Maiden Creek – torpedoed
during World War II, is dedicated
to the fallen heroes of the
United States Merchant Marine
who served during time of war
in defense of . . . — — Map (db m53162) HM |
| On North Main Street near Linnard Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, LL. D.
Born in Philadelphia December 10, 1787
Founded
At Hartford the First School for the Deaf
In America 1817
Died at Hartford September 10, 1851
(east face)
Friend
Teacher
benefactor
(south face)
This . . . — — Map (db m97549) HM |
| | Another popular man of letters, and a true American original that eventually made Hartford his home, was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name, Mark Twain.
Twain started out as a printer’s apprentice and typesetter, and shared . . . — — Map (db m90991) HM |
| Near 20 South Main Street. |
| | Noah Webster loved letters and language. Concerned that there was no guide for proper spelling and speech in the new country, he developed a primer for a distinctly American pronunciation and spelling which was published in 1783. It became the famed . . . — — Map (db m90994) HM |
| On North Main Street at Farmington Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | West Hartford
In 1672-1677 Hartford created the West Division by sub-dividing a tract bounded by Quaker Lane, Mountain Road, and the towns of Bloomfield and Newington. Later this was enlarged by lands from Hartford and Farmington. Our first . . . — — Map (db m53370) HM |
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